When the last plants are in the ground and the mulch is on the beds then that will be the official end of my gardening outside for the year. It is time to start getting the inside of the house all pretty for the holidays. I will make sure to post pictures when the garden is a go. I also still have some blooms happening in the garden right now and I want to get them up for winter viewing. But today you will not be seeing pictures from my garden.
Instead I have to post pictures of the plant swap before it slips my mind. The plant swap was held in Fort Worth at the Trinity River Park and was organized by Sylvia from Garden Web. The garden web Texas Forum has been a wonderful resource for me, the amount of gardening knowledge these folks possess is amazing.
This lovely couple were the ones in charge of filling up all our bellies. They hooked us up for sure!
A lovely set up, eh?
This is Debbie and moi. The cute cute cute little boy is her grandson. Debbie was also the resident photographer for the day so I have to say thank you for the pictures.
Julie! And her dad, aka "The Muscle Man"!
This is Sylvia. The wicked awesome bueno cool gal that organized the event.
Kay and her cute little tots:-) Kay brought a ton of really cool pond plants.
Mr Weldon the rose man! I can't remember everyones name, I may have to recruit help.
Another general shot of the plant swap.
Oh, there are those cute grandkids of Debbie's again. My kids stayed home so I could have some Mommy time.
More kids. Hmmmm, maybe next year I can take the kids, if I have room in the car!
This was my table. And all those wonderful green lush things are all mine. It was like falling in love! It was wonderful to trade for so many new plants but it was even better to talk to people about gardening without their eyes glazing over after five minutes! The plants were really just a bonus. The real prize was hanging out with other obsessed gardeners! I'll be doing this again in spring of next year, for sure.
Also, if you are still hanging on to this awfully long post...I have an announcement. I have had several people interested in a plant swap a little closer to my neck of the woods. I would like to put together something in the spring for the Denton area. So give me your contact information if you are interested in coming and I will let you know what I can pull together.
But all you Fort Worthers need have NO fear. I will be back.
2 comments:
Oh, Rebecca, how FUN was that??? You came home with 33 plants?! It must have been a huge swap. Yes, by all means, please let me know when the one is in the Spring. Do we bring plants for each one we swap? How does it work? I want to have a swap party in the Spring, but it won't be that huge. So, still reserve a few plants, as you'll be invited. Promise some photos in the Spring when everything is in bloom. See you soon, Chris
Chris,
It was (((((((THIS))))))) much fun! And then some. Yes, 33 different types. I had duplicates of a couple. Garden swappers are a generous lot:-)
You can bring plants, seeds, cuttings, divisions, pots, garden items (fertilzers, gloves etc), books, non garden related items. Some people even traded homemade foods for plants. Anything your brain can come up with to swap is a go at these events. I traded non plant things for plants. Next year I will have cuttings and etc to tradde.
Trades were worked out before hand or at the swap. Like I said, garden swappers are a generous lot. They are happy to share! It's like going to an italians house for dinner. You leave full!
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